Carlyle professionals collaborating seamlessly and selflessly across funds, industries and geographies to deliver the wisdom, knowledge and resources required to invest wisely and create value for our investors.

2011 Private Equity International North America Deal of the Year (1st place) – Acquisition of AlpInvest

2011 Private Equity International North America Deal of the Year (2nd place) – Acquisition of Pharmaceutical Product Development

2011 Private Equity International North America, Large Cap Firm of the Year (2nd place)

2011 Private Equity International Asia, Large Exit of the Year (1st place) – Share sale of China Pacific Insurance

2011 Private Equity International Asia, Small Deal of the Year (2nd place) – Investment in GDC Technology

2011 Private Equity International Europe, Firm of the Year in Iberia (1st place) – Notable deals: Acquisition of Telecable de Asturias; Applus+ acquisition of Velosi

2011 Private Equity International Europe, Firm of the Year in UK (2nd place)

2011 US Mid-Market Private Equity Firm of the Year by Mergermarket

2011 Exit of the Year for China Pacific Life by Asian Venture Capital Journal at its AVCJ China Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards

Fostering the development of minority professionals

In 2009, Carlyle and the Robert Toigo Foundation launched the Toigo Private Equity MBA Graduate Fellowship, an industry initiative aimed at attracting minority MBA graduates to the sector.

Ryan Ashley, Carlyle’s 2011 Toigo fellow, is completing his six-month assignment with our U.S. Buyout Consumer and Retail team and will then work at NBTY, a Carlyle portfolio company.

Together with Toigo, we recently awarded our third MBA fellowship to Megan Pasricha, who is currently completing her MBA at Harvard Business School. She will join Carlyle Global Financial Services Partners for six months beginning in August 2012 as part of the Toigo rotation.

Carlyle has committed to participate in the Toigo fellowship program for an additional two years.